On 8 February 2011 13:19, Michael <postgresql@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Thom, > > On Tues., Feb 08, 2011, Thom Brown wrote: >>On 8 February 2011 12:45, Michael <postgresql@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Tues., Feb 08, 2011, Thom Brown wrote: >>>>On 8 February 2011 10:39, Michael wrote: >>>>> opensips=> select * from sip_trace; >>>>> id | time_stamp | callid | traced_user | msg | method | ... >>>>> 1234 | 2011-02-03 | ... | | \x494e56495445207369703a... >>>>> >>>>> Others have said that when they use MySQL, the exact SQL command >>>>> as above results in ASCII text rather than hexadecimal, and this >>>>> is my goal as well. >>>>> >>> >>> opensips=> SELECT id, time_stamp, callid, traced_user, >>> convert_from(msg, 'SQL_ASCII'), method FROM sip_trace; >>> ERROR: function convert_from(text, unknown) does not exist >>> LINE 1: SELECT id, time_stamp, callid, traced_user, convert_from(msg... >>> ^ >>> >>> The arrow in the last line indicates that 'convert_from' is not >>> correctly parsed. >>> >>My understanding was that your msg column was of type bytea. Is this >>not the case? Or is it a different column which needs converting? >> > The main developer has confirmed that the msg column is stored > as a BLOB, and I'm nearly sure that bytea is used in this case. > Yes, the correct column that is appearing in hex is called 'msg.' Well the function seems to think it's a text field. > Is the function 'convert_from' that you mentioned compiled into > the PostgreSQL server binary, or is it part of the template1 when > first created, or something else? It seems I'm missing it, right? No, you're probably not missing it. It's complaining that a function with the given signature (text, unknown), doesn't exist. It will work if it matches (bytea, name). The error message being returned is saying that the msg field is actually a text field. Try: SELECT pg_typeof(msg) FROM sip_trace LIMIT 1; Thom Brown Twitter: @darkixion IRC (freenode): dark_ixion Registered Linux user: #516935 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
